Eleanor grew up in Somerset and spent her early twenties working in local radio before moving into print journalism. She has contributed to regional magazines across the South West and now writes full-time from Bristol. Her pieces tend to focus on the quieter rhythms of British life — farmers' markets, neighbourhood cafés, seasonal cooking. She is a keen home cook and volunteers at a community garden on weekends.
Small homes can be comfortable, attractive and well organised. They can also simply be small. Good design helps, but it should not be...
ByEleanor MarshJuly 20, 2026For families looking for a lower-cost day out this August, the bus is unusually attractive. From 1 to 31 August 2026, children aged...
ByEleanor MarshJuly 19, 2026Comfort food does not need a grand definition. In many British homes it is simply the meal that can be made without ceremony...
ByEleanor MarshJuly 8, 2026The Italian Riviera is often reduced to a handful of familiar images: Portofino’s harbour, the colourful houses of Cinque Terre and yachts against...
ByEleanor MarshJune 30, 2026A new cultural venue opens in Durham on 22 August, bringing contemporary art, local history and a restored museum building back into public...
August 22, 2026Amid the noise of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, a small jewellery exhibition in Stockbridge is asking visitors to look at landscape in a...
August 9, 2026Small talk is easy to underestimate because, by definition, very little appears to happen. A remark about the weather, a few words with...
July 29, 2026Community gardens are easy to romanticise. A few raised beds, a shed and a line of beans can quickly become shorthand for neighbourliness,...
July 28, 2026Style after 40 does not need a rescue plan. It also does not arrive with a universal set of rules about hemlines, colour,...
July 27, 2026Home baking does not need to be described as a revival, a form of therapy or an antidote to modern life to be...
July 26, 2026